The purpose of
EVOC 502 WA3 was to prepare a proposal for a course budget for the course I
teach in Computerized Engine Control. The following six criteria were
specified:

Comply with all of the General Criteria for
Written Assignments.

Provide a brief narrative description of the
course (similar to course descriptions prepared for the Course and Unit
Plan Assignment from the EVOC 501 course) that indicates what the course
is all about and the time frame for course delivery.

List all of the expenses that would be
incurred to run the course for one complete term. All items should be
clearly identified. List items under separate categories such as
facilities, equipment, materials, faculty, staff support and special
activities.

Make realistic estimates of the actual
expenses based on information that reflects existing circumstances and
resources.

Indicate how much money the course is likely
to generate (ADA
or other institutional standard) on the basis of projected enrollment.

Limit the length of the budget document to not
more than two or three pages following the Fred Fudrucker
format (see below) or submit an actual budget on forms required by
an actual educational institution.

The following
sources of information were used relative to this assignment:

Fournier, Phil - From my own professional
experience.

Factbook2004.pdf (available on the www.msjc.edu
website; contains information from which I calculated the value of one
FTES)

I believe that the
attached report meets all six of above listed criteria and respectfully request
full credit: one point for meeting each of the above listed criteria.

TO: Mr. Richard Collins, Dean of Instruction, Mt. San
Jacinto College

FROM: Phil Fournier, Automotive Technology Instructor

DATE:12/19/2004

RE: Budget Proposal Advanced
Automotive Engine Performance

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Advanced Engine
Performance is a course that does not yet exist, but I feel there is a great
need for it.In the past we have taught
two advanced courses with the titles of Computerized Engine Controls Level 1
and Level 2.We have not been successful
at filling either of these classes for some years now and the last time we
attempted was in the fall of 2002.I am
proposing a new title for the course with a modified curriculum.This course, Advanced Engine Performance,
would meet 3 hours a week for 16 weeks for a total of 48 hours.Of those hours, 30 would be lecture and 18
would be lab.

Maximum enrollment
is 25 students.

EXPENSES
(calculated for maximum enrollment of 25 students)

Instructor's
salary ($42/hr for 30 hrs, $40/hr for 18 hrs). .

$1,980

Classroom
facility expense ($10/hr for 48 hrs.) . . . . . . . . .

$480

Tool
Room attendant ($14/hr for 48 hrs.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$672

Materials
expense (insignificant fuel for vehicles) . . . . . . .

$50

Administrative
expense ($500/hr for 2 hrs.) . . . . . . . . . . . .

$1,000

_______

Total
of ALL EXPENSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$4,182

INCOME (calculated
assuming full enrollment)

FTES
(2.28 with full enrollment, app. $4,000 per). . . . .

$9,120

Student
fees (3 units, $78 per student x 25). . . . . . . . . .

$1,950

_______

Total
Income (assuming full enrollment). . . . . . . . . . . .

$11,070

BOTTOM LINE

While
it is highly unlikely that we would realize full enrollment in this class given
the difficulty we have had in the past, I feel an enrollment of 12 students is
not at all unlikely.With the expansion
of our facility, much of the classroom space is under-utilized at present.The actual income per student works out to $442
each.A three unit class of only 12
students would not only completely recover its costs; it would generate a small
profit of around $1,200.Other cost
savings could be realized by running the class on the same night as other
evening courses, thereby saving on tool room attendant costs.In short, I realize that budgets are tight
and that some classes have had to be cut.But we have put significant investment into the improvement and
expansion of the automotive facility.This course would take advantage of those improvements and provide a
valuable service to the community.